I saw Auqia in the lobby once just chilling, but he never went in a game as long as I was in the lobby...

Efe still plays...one of the few people (to my knowledge) that isn't always Vasari whoring...

Kbroke, KoK, and Greg still play...of those three I've seen kbroke the most...

Allegedly Carpetbomb still plays, though I've never personally seen him...

There are some other good players out there (some old guard, some new, some I'm not sure if their name is just different) but most of them basically Vasari whore, so judging their actualy skill is difficult...

New people are having fun because of novelty factor. Once they realize current gameplay limitations they quit too.

Idk, their tolerancance may be slightly higher since they didn't deal with any of the balance issues in diplomacy or before...I can tell that some of the current "skilled players" also get lots of kicks from wiping noobs with Orkies and dragging games out as VL, so ironically the balance patch may actually cause them to quit.....

Quoting Mecha-Lenin, reply 10New people are having fun because of novelty factor. Once they realize current gameplay limitations they quit too.

Idk, their tolerancance may be slightly higher since they didn't deal with any of the balance issues in diplomacy or before...I can tell that some of the current "skilled players" also get lots of kicks from wiping noobs with Orkies and dragging games out as VL, so ironically the balance patch may actually cause them to quit.....

They will whine and dine with the spoils of war before them but the whinning will dimmer to nothingness and they will once again login to play the game they paid for and face all the new challenges with every patch.

Yes carpetbomb plays, I can vouch for it because I am the carpetbomb. I play on random days of the week, usually only 1-3 games a week. I had a perfect win/loss score 14 games in, probably because all the noobs in the game stand about 5 min against standard rush tactics. Also, I don't feel the need to pad my score by having 90/100 games as wins, as these wins feel hollow because I know i'm not facing the best. The higher aspect of the game is hurting at the moment, yet there are promising noobs out there who are starting to get competent enough to last a while. Once we have a new decent crop i'd recommend some of the old players come back in and at least see where the community has progressed.

Lets not bloat about this subject, there are very few pro players these days. The amount of idiocy i see from "upper players" in 5's and 4's is due to complacency. Carpet is a good player, but by no means should you be looking down from upon your high horse.

Lets not bloat about this subject, there are very few pro players these days. The amount of idiocy i see from "upper players" in 5's and 4's is due to complacency. Carpet is a good player, but by no means should you be looking down from upon your high horse.

I will teach all who wish to learn. Unlike you other "pros."....

Yeah... how many people are actually willing to stick around? - not many I persume...

The reason why you're seeing only 150 and not 1500 or 15,000 is because 99.5% of all the people who ever bought the game only play it offline in single player. I don't know if they prefer to play Starcraft or if they're just afraid of playing against other people who they don't know or if they think it will take too long to play online.

Quoting Vatticson, reply 23IM SEEING SO FEW PLAYERS...!!! like 150 in one night ((( why'?!?

The reason why you're seeing only 150 and not 1500 or 15,000 is because 99.5% of all the people who ever bought the game only play it offline in single player. I don't know if they prefer to play Starcraft or if they're just afraid of playing against other people who they don't know or if they think it will take too long to play online.

Or that us single players see that most troll posts are MP's and dont want to deal with the immaturity online.....